Mysteries of Frida Kahlo Lesson 63
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 -Frida Kahlo is among the most famous Mexican artists of the 1900s. She was known especially f her disturbing style and her many unsmiling self-portraits. -Frida's artwork often included skulls, daggers, bleeding hearts and her personal exotic pets and fantasy animals. - The pain Kahlo expressed in her paintings came from her own life. Her paintings became chronicles of her life experiences with her family and her husband the famous Mexican artists Diego Rivera. -Frida was born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon in Coyoacan, Mexico on July 6, 1907. She suffered from the disease of polio at age 6 and walked with a limp the rest of her life. - At 18 she was nearly killed in a bus crash. Her injuries were so severe that she spent many weeks in the hospital. She felt physical pain throughout her life. -Kahlo began painting self-portraits while in the hospital. Once she was well, she showed the paintings to the famous Mexican painter Diego Ri